In June 2024, at the height of the war in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of right-wing activists gathered on Zoom to discuss a new border for Israel. The First Lebanon Conference, as it was called, barely aroused public interest or serious media coverage. The event featured a speech by Dr. Hagai Ben-Artzi, the prime minister’s brother-in-law, who told the participants that the Lebanon border is “completely artificial,” asserting that, “the Galilee extends as far as the Litani [River in Lebanon].”
